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St Thomas

Ward

West Exeter. About 9,790 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.7 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in St Thomas live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
9,847
2,536th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
94.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How St Thomas compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

St ThomasMiddle
Population13 wards, Exeter · 2021
Population: every ward in Exeter13 areas from 8,270 to 15,148. The middle area is 9,766. St Thomas is 9,847.
9,8476th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares13 wards, Exeter · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Exeter13 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 89.0%. St Thomas is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage13 wards, Exeter · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Exeter13 areas from 74.8% to 98.3%. The middle area is 94.2%. St Thomas is 94.8%.
94.8%4th highest
Claimant rate13 wards, Exeter · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Exeter13 areas from 1.1% to 3.3%. The middle area is 2.3%. St Thomas is 2.7%.
2.7%5th highest

Is St Thomas safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in St Thomas at a rate of 90.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 108.9 per 1,000 people across Exeter.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 96 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in St Thomas.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (369), shoplifting (208) and other crime (123).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Exeter

These figures are published for the whole of Exeter, not for each ward, so they describe all of Exeter and not St Thomas alone. See Exeter

Average house price
£282,696
Down 1.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,514
43rd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.2×
Joint 123rd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
15.9
Joint 111th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
St Thomas in brief

St Thomas had 9,847 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in St Thomas live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In St Thomas, 94.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In St Thomas, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.